Sharing your interests

My FH introduced to me his culture and different tv shows like Grimm and Dragon's Den. I have never gone to a Comic Expo and I went with him which was so much fun. I introduce him to my culture and Jamacian films. Plus, I taught him along with my family how to play dominoes.

Well I have so many games it's hard to pick my favourites. Most of what we have are card games. I love cover your assets, dutch blitz, phase 10, five crowns ect! Bose are all card games. For board games we have life twists and turns - it was a collectors edition of life and I love it, I love catan, and betrayal at house on the hill (all board games we have)! We always like trying new games and ones people have never heard of! Another good one is a domino game called Mexican Train

Há! But it's honestly true though. He came here from his country about 11 years ago and his mother did everything domestic! So when he came here he basically taught himself. Which I found pretty impressive , but he was always eager to learn!!!! It's super cute and awesome!

Haha that's awesome! My husband is a big football fan too. I don't know much about football but I'm a good listener when he wants to talk about it!

Haha I love that you're teaching him not to be a bachelor! I agree that the best part is growing and learning together!

I introduced my fiance to football. I'm a dieheard Raiders fan, I watch as many NFL games as I can on a Sunday and yell at the TV a little too much than I should during them. He likes other sports, so the idea isnt foreign to him, but it sure is funny to see him concerned/scared when I'm screaming about a first down. After 7 years of dating he's understanding the rules and the plays and its so exciting to finally be able to enjoy it with him!

He's gotten me into the show Futurama and its turned into a fave. I originally brushed it off as a stupid show, but I was suprised to see all of the 'smart' humor and sci-fi jokes!

My Fiance has gotten me into Super Hero TV shows like Arrow, and The Flash etc etc , and I watch Sci Fi stuff now, and I never used to before. Not to mention I now listed to Dance music when I was such a rock girl! I remember resisting liking Justin Bieber's new song and I couldn't! Lol I've taught my FH how not to live like a bachelor lol I had to teach him to do laundry, because he was putting the soap in the fabric softener slot, ,LOL Taught him how to fold shirts, socks and underwear to maximize drawer space lol What I love is how we grow together and learn new things!

I've never been to TIFF! My friends go and always have a great time!

Oh OBVIOUSLY!!! Plus whatever is between LA and Ontario

So you haven't been to LA yet! We'll have to add it to your list

That's so great! What a great balance between city and nature!

I think I've gotten my FH out of his shell a bit with social things! I love going to live concerts or craft beer tours, etc. Now he can't wait for something to come up in the city so wecan go! He on the other hand has gotten me outside more than just the beach lol like hiking and mountain climbing.

That's awesome! My husband and I love playing board games but can never get my family to play with us! I'm jealous! What are your favourite games to play?

Haha if he goes to TIFF we've likely crossed paths (since I practically live there and volunteer at the box office... so I see everyone haha). So funny!

You and my FH should be friends! He's a TIFF nut and watches hundreds of movies a year. He's part of like a million online film communities and is forever on Twitter with film people.

I got him to watch Greys Anatomy with me when I watched it the second time aorund, he got me into 24 and supernatural! I also got him into playing a lot of board and card games because my family is big on games!

I'm a volunteer supervisor, so I literally just make sure the volunteers are happy and doing what we need them to and making sure they take breaks.... which usually means I don't have time for one but I have lots of fun there so it's all good! But I get double the movie passes for my shifts... so it's a sweet deal!! You should come down one year! I volunteer so much I get more passes than I can ever use, I usually get about 35 passes a year. I had to skip it this year which almost killed me! FH doesn't volunteer and now with the puppy I don't know how much we'll be able to see together.
Together we've been to Newfoundland, Florida, the Bahamas and Dominican Republic. I've also been to Italy, Cuba, Scotland, Ireland, England, New York and Texas.

That's so awesome about the film festivals! I would love to go to TIFF sometime. What do you do when you volunteer? Does your FH volunteer now too or did he just go to the festival? Where have you guys traveled? And I totally agree on Walking Dead.... Ugh

I guess I forgot to mention that I also got my husband into volunteering with me! I've volunteered for Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) for the past 11 years and brought him in to it. HOBY puts on leadership seminars for high school sophomores and I attended in 2005. He started volunteering with me locally in 2012 and he proposed at HOBY's World Leadership Congress in 2014. We took a break from volunteering this year because of the wedding but we'll probably be back next year!

That's so cool!! I've gotten FH into so many things... film festivals (I volunteer at TIFF every year and watch an INSANE amount of movies, the last year I did it I saw 15 movies in 10 days and worked 40 hours for the festival, FH saw 13 of the 15), so much TV (work in the industry... need to be up on it), traveling (FH had only left the country once before me, we go somewhere new yearly now). FH got me on Walking Dead (which I'm mad at now cause the show is annoying lately). We definitely amplified the nerd in each other lol